Recent content by gritsar

I agree with Sourland, a baby roo. Best rooster I ever owned was a dark brahma.

Thank you. No, seriously, Jasper will be the last. With no family to speak of we don't want any of our beloved pets to outlive us.

Thank you. Kowboy is actually the world's best dog - loving, obedient and so intelligent it's scary at time. Jasper, on the other hand, is my cross to bear...she says as she hears him doing the dog paddle in the hall bathroom toilet again. Closing the toilet lids worked for one whole day...

If she were my broody and the weather is warm where you are, I would give her the option of getting out to stretch her legs a bit, with her chicks, under close supervision the whole time. If she doesn't want to go out, leave her be. Her broody poop will be epic.

We lost our shepherd Kane in January of this year. He was 12. We still have his older brother/cousin Jax, who is 13 years old. We'll see your crazy and raise you two Australian shepherds - Kowboy is 5 and Jasper is 6 months old. Jasper will be our LAST dog...I mean it this time! Despite...

Hello, my old friend. :hugs:love How's life treating you?

Hey Old Man, don'tcha know junk food is bad for you? :plbb:plbb:plbb

Here's some candling pics to check out: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261876/chicks-are-here-egg-candling-pics-progression-though-incubation

Can you post a pic of the bird in question? I doubt she was referring to illness, more like males.

It can be frustrating. If she can't be isolated then all you can do is check. Most of my broody hens have all the other chickens so scared they won't go anywhere near the broody nest, but not this one. I just check every couple of days and toss out the new eggs.

I'm pretty much an old hand at this so I'm not quite sure why something didn't occur to me. It seemed like all my banty hens stopped laying the day I gave my cochin her seven eggs. Three days later it finally hit me....check under the broody! She is now back down to the seven I gave her and...

I peeked in one of my coops yesterday just to check on things and saw all my normally calm birds scared and pressed up against the walls. Looked around some more and sure enough my broody Norma was off the nest for her daily break. She's sweet as pie when not broody, a demon when she is. She...

^This is what I was addressing, the concern about eggs being added to the nest, which sounds to me like more than one hen using the nest. I have used both marker and pencil, but prefer to go with pencil when possible. Pencil marks have always worked with my chicken hens, for the waterfowl...